The Benefits of Eating Together

The family that eats together, stays together – many people would say that having a meal together with your other family members is one of the most intimate things you can do as a family. However, with everything that’s going on with each family member, it can be quite difficult to round up the family to enjoy a good meal. Here are 3 more reasons why you should try your best to sit down together with your family, whether it be for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Opens the door to communication

 Conversations made at the dinner table allows families to bond, plan and connect with each other. This is the perfect time to ask your parents how their day was at work, or discuss the plans you have for the next day. Family meals can be quite an affectionate and unifying experience for all family members. It has also been proven that children who eat together with their families, and have open communication with them, are less likely to rebel at home and are more likely to receive good grades in school.

Save Money

Meal purchased outside of your homes costs 3-4x more than meals prepared at home. When you cook your food at home, not only does it save you money, but it assures you that you are eating more nutritious meals since you have complete control over the ingredients that you are using.

A chance to be creative with the food options and dinnerware

Encourage your children to help you out in preparing the table. It allows them to explore their creative side especially if you are using dinnerware that are fun and colorful. This can also be a learning opportunity for the children to learn how to cook and taste various type of food, as well as learn how to prepare the table themselves.

Planning a family meal at least 5x a week is not that difficult. You can start of by getting fun and colorful dinnerware that is surely to be the enter topic of the occasion. Melawares offers various dinner wares with playful and colorful designs, fit for every meal.

How about you, will you be doing family meal more often now?

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